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24 January 2013

Collected.

"...the home should be a collected assemblage of treasures meaningful to the homeowner. ...better to have an empty room than an instant room. Forgo the immediate and embrace the lasting." - Darryl Carter, author of The Collected Home.

That being said, for the past two years I've been on a mission to cull my collections - amassed mostly during my travels abroad and while living in Paris - and keeping only sentimental and favourite things. Our house is three floors, but like most Dutch canal houses, it's not very wide and stairwells take up considerable space.

Comments

Your space is so beautiful and I love your teal wall. I had to chuckle when you said minimalism doesn't work for you. I so agree, but I have to say, you are far more minimalist than I, which is why everything in your home is so beautifully organized and displayed, yet still a home.

Good news on David. Please continue to send well wishes from Rick and me.

Tara~Thank you for sharing your home...it is even more lovely and tasteful than I could imagine. You are living your dreams, and give us the by-product of a feeling of deep joy in the serene and BEAUTIFUL surroundings you have assembled.
Thank you for being you..
Your admirer,
Carole

Happy he is feeling better and recuperating!
Oh I so agree on a home reflecting that of those living there. I sometimes look at my things and think it would be lovely if someone could come and make it look beautiful, but then it probably wouldn't be us. Your room is so beautiful just as it is.